Horses, cowboys, Indians and the thrill of old Florida comes together on the set of Dry Creek. The show filmed in Manatee County, is currently shooting their second season.
With a fully functional church, black smiths, and fish shop, the set of Dry Creek looks like a Hollywood lot. But this western style show is filmed right in Parrish, on the creator and writer, Les McDowell's property.
“We have a 40 acre backyard in Manatee County and what we have done is just transformed it into 1882 Florida. And this is what it looked like in old Florida before the 7-Elevens and concrete,” said McDowell.
The show was created to bring back wholesome family programming. Right now they are shooting a 90 minute film called Flying Horses along with their second season.
New characters join in this season. Mr. Hopper is the owner of the local fish store. He is played by actor Michael Newman.
Newman says Hopper sells the freshest fish in town.
“I have been selling fish for quite some time and people like my fish and keep coming back,” said Newman.
Another Hollywood face, actress Castille Landon jumped on the opportunity to work on a show with horses.
“I have always been interested in horses and acting and horses, being able to have them converge is an amazing opportunity I wouldn’t let pass,” said Landon.
In the show’s first year, it was nominated for best series in the family friendly category at the Cable Fax Awards in New York City.
“What was neat is we were up there with Universal, USA network all the big networks were there and there we are with no budget and we got that far,” said McDowell.